Award

• James Brown, the “godfather of soul” who died on Christmas Day, was awarded a posthumous honorary degree from Paine College during his funeral in Augusta, Georgia. Paine College president Shirley A.R. Lewis stated that before his death Brown had been invited to receive the degree at the college’s spring commencement ceremonies. Brown had dropped out of school after the third grade.

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